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Sunday February 9, 2025. 09:00 AM
TL;DR: Build WordPress websites with no coding using MaxiBlocks Pro (3 licenses)—on sale now for just $59 (reg. $447). Interesting fact: WordPress powers 46% of all websites, according to the SearchLogistics site. But building a site from scratch can be...
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I just saw an ad for TikTok on a YouTube video. But at the same time YouTube is running ads on TikTok, reports Bloomberg, targeting TikTok content creators in 'an effort to lure these valuable users to the Google-owned rival and capitalize on TikTok's uncertain future.' One...
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The tech startup 'purported to make smart home and business products,' writes America's Justice Department — products that were 'meant to stop package theft, prevent weather damage to packages, and make it easier for emergency responders and delivery services to find homes...
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At least three individuals associated with Palantir or its cofounder Peter Thiel were involved in an online recruiting effort for DOGE late last year, WIRED has learned.
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TL;DR: Ditch Adobe Acrobat for SwifDoo PDF Pro, a lifetime PDF management tool available for only $34.99 (reg. $129) while supplies last.  Subscriptions are, well, unavoidable these days. Almost. If you're tired of cutting a check to Adobe Acrobat every month just to edit or...
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'Open source can be something of an illusion,' writes TechCrunch. 'A lack of real independence can mean a lack of agency for those who would like to properly get involved in a project.' Their article makes the case that the 'spirit' of open source means more than a...
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After finalizing loan terms with the IMF, El Salvador's Legislative Assembly approved changes to the country's Bitcoin Law last week by a 55-2 vote, 'effectively removing bitcoin's status as legal currency,' reports Reason. Under the new rules, bitcoin is no longer...
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Saturday February 8, 2025. 11:08 PM
Twisting two atomically thin sheets of graphene enables 'a host of exceptional properties,' writes MIT News, 'including unconventional superconductivity.' (Which makes this graphene 'a promising building block for future quantum-computing devices.') And now 'We find the...
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TL;DR: Get Microsoft Visio Professional 2021 for just $19.97 (reg. $249) through February 23 and start making your presentations more interesting. Imagine being able to turn your complex ideas into clear, visual stories that anyone can understand—no need for endless emails,...
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TL;DR: Edit photos faster with help from Corel AfterShot Pro 3, now only $19.99 (reg. $59) for lifetime access. Have you ever just wished that your smile was a little brighter in your vacation photos? Or that the color-grading in your beachside sunset shot was a little more ...
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The 6.13.2, 6.12.13, and 6.6.76 stable kernels have been released; each contains another set of important fixes.
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An anonymous reader shared this report from the Telegraph: Volkswagen has teased plans for a 'China-killer' electric vehicle that will cost just €20,000 ($20,664 USD or £16,700) as the German carmaker gears up to take on a flood of Beijing-backed low-cost rivals. The company...
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Nazis waving their Nazi flags flee an overpass, driven away by proud Cincinnati residents. Ohioans broke through police lines and chased Nazis out of their neighborhood, Lincoln Heights. Locals burnt a flag abandoned by the fleeing Nazis and called out the Police for...
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Andrew Gwynne, until today the junior health minister of the United Kingdom, deeply regrets his badly misjudged comments. 'I deeply regret my badly misjudged commments and apologise for any offense I've caused. I've served the Labour Party all my life and it was a huge...
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The Free Software Foundation 'hinted that it would organize an unprecedented virtual memorabilia auction' in March to celebrate this year's 40th anniversary, according to an announcement this week. Those hints 'left collectors and free software fans wondering which of the...
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An anonymous Slashdot reader quotes a new article from Ars Technica: On Thursday, mobile security company NowSecure reported that [DeepSeek] sends sensitive data over unencrypted channels, making the data readable to anyone who can monitor the traffic. More sophisticated...
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Aman Vir created an interactive map of his favorite obscure islands. Some you may well have heard of, such as Midway, for which a major WWII naval battle was named, and North Sentinel, home of the Sentinelese. I did not know about Devon, the world's largest uninhabited...
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Thursday the White House 'moved to halt a $5 billion initiative to build electric vehicle charging stations,' reports Politico, 'by instructing states not to spend federal funds previously allocated to them...' NPR described the move as 'putting in limbo billions of dollars...
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To celebrate 2025's newest arrivals in the public domain, the Internet Archive held a special in-person event at their San Francisco headquarters, as well as a virtual celebration online. (It opens with an absolutely gorgeous rendition of 'Happy Days are Hear Again' played...
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Meet Bryan CHIBI Gaynor, a dancer who performs some of the best robotic animation dance moves you've ever seen. Gaynor goes by the name 'This Robot Cannot Human' on social media, where he shares clips of his captivating and mind-bending moves. — Read the rest The post Is thi...
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